NOTE: If you copy a picture from a website, make sure you copy the image at it's full size view. If you copy or download the image in the "thumbnail" view, it will appear fuzzy and "pixelly". This will make your project look like low quality work!

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Good Places to Find Pictures and Sounds

When using sites that provide images, remember that someone used their camera to create the images. Pay attention to copyright and always read the agreement and terms of use for every image you use, regardless of where you acquired it.

Search Engines

Search engines look for key words and terms in the web page and the results come from all kinds of sites including commercial, educational, personal, and media resources. When looking for images for projects, it may be more appropriate to use subject-specific data bases or creative commons search tools for public image sharing sites like the ones listed on this page, but sites like Google seem much more efficient and faster. Before an image is used, pay careful attention to it's original source. If it comes from a commercial site, such as Disney, the image should not be used because of copyright infringement.Google Images -Click once to get the image with it's page source. Click again on full size image.Yahoo Images - Click once to get the image with it's page source. Click on the link that indicates image url to get the full size image.Ask Images - Click once to get the image with it's page source. Click on the link that indicates image url to get the full size image.Clusty Image Search - Click once to get the image with it's page source. The image, full size on a page is not available. When you click on the picture, you get the page it comes from.Ditto - See the web

Creative Commons

There are plenty of sites which offer their images for free use under creative commons licenses. There are several different types, but generally they require a link back from you as credit. Remember that these sites are pulling images from Flickr. Flickr is a site that has been around for only a few years so don't expect images from history. For great historical images, scroll down an take a look at Subject Specific Databases.Find a Cool Quote or here from Quote GardenCreative Commons Search Engine - Searches sites like Flickr for images and Owl Music search for mp3'sFlickr: Creative Commons - Flickr is the most widely used online photo storage site. This page provides a portal to copyright free imagesImageCodr.org - search for creative commons images. Also a link at the top "Get Code" to check if an image is available for useBehold - Flickr search toolYet Another Search Tool for FlickrFlickrStorm - Search on Flickr with key wordsWikimedia - over 3 million freely usable pieces of mediaPhoto Laboratorypicsearch - Try this one! Click once to get the image with it's page source. Click on the link that indicates image url to get the full size image.PD Photo. org - Royalty Free, Public Domain, Stock PhotosStockvault.net - all images are free for non-commercial use, they must be downloaded to use in projectsOpenPhoto.net - lets users search images by Creative Commons license.www.pics4learning.com - widely used in schools because the images are posted specifically for students to use.MorgueFile - collection of 60,000-plus free high-quality photographs into searchable categories like People, Scenes, Animals or Objects. "The purpose of this site is to provide free image reference material for use in all creative pursuits."www.freefoto.com - Students may download and use the images on this site but a credit to FreeFoto Ian Britton is required
Try this oneFreephoto1.com/ "There are over 600 free photos available for free download. You do not need to register to access these photos. Most photos are 800 x 600 pixels and are ideal for use in websites, newsletters and other documents."Life.com - "Your World in Pictures", images from Life Magazine, free to use for non-commercial useBig Photo - Royalty-freeOld Pictures